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Foreign good afternoon, everyone I'm going to call to order this regularly scheduled meeting of the intergovernmental Relations Committee for December 6 2022. At this time, I will ask the clerk to call the role to verify that we have a quorum for this committee.

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Council, member Payne president council member um wansley is absent.

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Council member Vita president councilmember Ellison here councilmember Osmond, president councilmember Goodman, president councilmember Jenkins is absent. Councilman Chavez president councilmember.

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Councilmemberkowski.

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Yeah councilmember Paul massano.

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Vice, chair rainville president and chair Johnson president. We have 11.

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President, let the record reflect that we have a quorum for today's meeting. We have two items before us. The first is a consent item: it's a contract with Frederickson and Byron, comma hilden, advocacy and law and Primacy Group LLC for the legislative representative, representative services and I will go ahead and move that consent item and then we'll have, after that, our discussion item, which is our 2023 legislative agenda and policy position. So is there any discussion on that consent? Item and I will just check the Q momentarily here.

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I am not seeing any so all those in favor, please signify by saying aye, aye aye, those opposed, say, nay, nay uh and those abstain, abstain and the motion carries uh next. We'll move on to our discussion, which is the 2023 legislative agenda and policy positions. Staff did do an extensive presentation on this last time, so, procedurally, how we're going to uh work on this is I'm going to go ahead and move the draft legislative agenda and policy positions.

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The staff presented a copy is before committee members right now for you to see, and then there are several motions from Council Members to amend the draft agenda and we will take those up in order. Those are printed on a separate sheet in front of you. The first is a motioned by council president Jenkins, since uh she is not here at the moment, I'm going to hold off on that one. We'll just do that one last on this agenda, and then we will move next to item number two, which is emotion by council member Chavez.

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Councilmember shop is, if you could introduce your motion. That would be great.

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Thank you, Allison I have a variety of one, so I'll just go through them one by one, but the first one. The motion is regarding gun, violence, prevention and responsible gun ownership, there's a bill at the state legislature, but there was previously and I suspect it will be reintroduced this coming year, that provides procedures under which law enforcement officers or city or county attorney's competition for extreme risk protection orders which would prohibit people from possessing firearms for a fixed period.

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So this is just one way to reduce gun violence across our state in Minnesota, and this amendment would basically add the prohibition of people from possessing firearms if they have been found to pose a significant danger to themselves or others by possessing a firearm. So I would move for approval.

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Thank you, council, member Chavez. That motion has been made as their second second all right and that has been SEC seconded. Is there any discussion on this item.

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And I just heard a beep in the chat but I'm looking this up here. Okay, that's our clerk! Thank you. uh I am not seeing any council members for discussion on this. So all in favor, please signify by saying aye aye, those opposed to say, nay, was abstain. The motion carries next we'll move on to item number three by council member Chavez.

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Thank you, chair Johnson, so canvas has led to the criminalization and incarceration of many people, especially our black and latinx community members here in the state. So we need to ensure that any legislation on cannabis pass brings reinvestment back into these communities that were harmed by the enforcement. So.

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uh That supports the pathway into this industry, for individuals negatively impacted by the prohibition of cannabis and for a portion of resources derived from the self canvas to be redirected into the communities that were negatively impacted. Now. I'll just make a motion for approval.

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Thank you, councilmember Chavez, for that motion. Is there a second all right that motion's been seconded any uh discussion from committee members, not seeing any all those in favor, please signify by saying aye aye, all those opposed, say, nay and any abstain. That motion carries uh council. President Jenkins is uh with us and had motion number one on here for our amendments. uh So at this time I will call on council president Jenkins uh to make that motion and present that item.

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Thank you, uh chair, Johnson and I am just making a motion to support um State investment in multi-modes of Transit and transportation um to ensure that our residents are able to move throughout the city.

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Perfect council president Jenkins has made that motion. Is there a second? Second, all right, that's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion on this item not seeing any all those in favor, please say.

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Aye, those opposed, please say: hey- are those abstain. The motion carries. We will now move on to item number four by council member Chavez.

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Thank you, chair Johnson. We have seen housing first models like the Vivo, tiny Villages work in Minneapolis, and in order to address homelessness, we know the dire need to tackle addiction, mental health and housing stability. We need more funny streams to support initiatives like these to build more across our city here in Minneapolis, so on page 16, I'm, just adding a part that says funding to support, Innovative housing and shelter models and housing. First initiatives.

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All right we've got a motion by councilmember Chavez. Is there a second all right, uh moved and seconded? Is there any discussion on this item not seeing any, then all those in a favor of this item, please signify by saying aye.

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Those opposed say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries moving on to items, uh item number five by council, member Chavez and Payne.

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Thank you, chair Thompson, so we must use everything in our toolbox to expand Transit access. The goal of this amendment is to help secure funding for fair programs and improve our current existing ones. Like the transit assistant program, which is designed to make public transit more affordable for people with lower incomes, it basically adds a section to explore Fair programs and potential to expand and improve programs like the tap program, and this is being co-authored by myself and customer pain. So if customers ping can speak to it as well.

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Thank you, councilmember.

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Payne, uh thank you, chair Johnson, uh yeah I'm really excited about this, because you know we're. We did a lot of extensive conversations with met, Council uh and other parties, and really this is about uh We. There are current programs that help offset the cost of Transit but they're not very well utilized, and so there are equal opportunities in funding these programs to possibly get to a point of Fair free Transit, but also exploring ways to make sure that the funds that are available are being utilized by the the residents that they're meant.

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For thank you, council, member Payne, some motion by Chavez and I'm guessing second by Payne. Second yeah and I want to see if there's any additional discussion from my colleagues on this anyone not seeing any, then all those in approval, please say: aye aye, those opposed, say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries. We will now move on to item number six by councilman Chavez.

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Thank you, chair um Johnson, I'm, very happy that our legislative staff added the language regarding the recovery of our cultural corridors. This amendment just makes a simple language: it adds supporting the full rebuilding and recovery. So it's just a small change.

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Thank you, council member Chavez, so we have a motion. Is there a second all right, Motion in a second any discussion on this item, not seeing any all those in favor, please say: aye aye, those opposed to say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries next. We'll move on item number, seven by councilmember, Chavez.

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Thank you, chair Johnson. The law enforcement Lobby has been showing up in full force, opposing the ban on law enforcement officers from being involved in hate extremists or white supremacist groups. The Minnesota police and Peace Office Association, who represent more than ten thousand Public Safety officials, said 92 percent of their members who responded to a survey, have concerns about this proposed rule to ban white supremacy from our police force. As we enact police reform in Minneapolis, we must ensure that hate does not take place.

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Basically, what I'm adding is a part on systemic Justice that requires the peace, the post board, so the peace officer, standards and trainings board to modify the peace officer code of conduct to prohibit peace officers from affiliating with supporting or advocating for white supremacist groups, causes or ideologies.

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All right motion by council member Chavez is there a second second and a second any discussion on this item, not seeing any all those in favor, please signify by saying aye aye, those opposed, say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries. Moving on to item number, eight councilmember.

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Chavez, chair, Johnson I'm, actually dropping number eight we're not going to be doing this. This actually became law just last year. Thank.

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You, council, member Chavez, so we'll skip that item and not take that up and move to item number nine.

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Thank you, chair Johnson. This amendment just adds more clarity to our current policy on the release of body cam footage so basically asking for Define in the process for and how that data may be released.

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Perfect, uh all right is there a second second, any discussion from colleagues on this, not singing I'll, just ask I see uh an end quote in this. I was wondering if that was intended, or is that just a then.

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Okay, there was a mistake, um basically, the if you look at your paper and we're a number eight number.

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Sorry, the set the the period goes after released so to the end of the existing policy of body. Cameras does not exist on this amendment.

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Yeah, okay, uh maybe would you mind putting that in the chat for us just so we can see the Perfect, the final version and then I'll call on uh console member Goodman in the meantime who.

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Thank you Mr chair and thank you to council member Chavez I just want to clarify these are not things. This city is doing. I do think that there's this kind of uh just in the I know councilmember Chavez knows that but I'm trying to clarify, because the language seems to be we're going to do this, we're going to do that. We're not doing any of these things. We're asking the legislature to do these things, and a great example of that is item number two.

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There is no one on this diocese that would disagree that people who should not have firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others, but we don't have the power to make that change and I don't want to leave anyone who's watching this out there to think. Oh without discussion, we're passing all of these changes, we're asking the legislature to take up these positions. Thank you. Thank.

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You councilmember, Goodman and I appreciate you raising that for folks that are watching. That's a great clarification to add in this that this is really about the city's uh lobbying positions over at the legislature. Council vice president palmisano.

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Thank you, Mr, chair to that end.

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Says because, as we have all experienced, there are times that the city is unable to release body camera footage because of the state data practices laws. So even when we have the Minneapolis legislative delegation demanding that we release it, it really is because of the state data practice laws that we are prohibited from as fast as the public would like to see it. So this really helps to clarify that and helps us to be clear as to how and when that information would be released. So I do hope.

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I think this is a very important and nuanced thing that you've brought up here. Thank you.

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Thank you, Council vice president and I see. Councilmember Chavez has made that note in the chat, which uh is just really removing the underlying on uh part of number nine is we have them, and so I I uh will suggest to our clerks that that is the intent of council member Chavez's uh motion. It was uh seconded, so I want to see if there are any additional comments or questions from council members not seeing anything all those in favor of this motion, please signify by saying aye aye, those opposed, say, nay, those abstain.

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That motion carries next. We move on to item number 10, councilmember, Chavez, Chad,.

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Johnson I think you're all going to be happy that this is my last one. So some of your community members are in Immigration removal proceedings because they relied on incorrect advice or absent advice from Council on immigration. There is a bill at the Slate at the legislature that would support a law change on post-conviction relief. So if a person was in Immigration removed proceedings because of advice that they took, they would be able to change that. So we added a bullet point that says: explore options for post-covision relief for a person and immigration removal proceedings.

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It's a change that I would like to move forward.

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All right, thank you. Is there a second second.

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There's a second on that any discussion from council members not seeing any then all those in favor, please say aye all right, those opposed, say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries. We have uh completed these amendments to our legislative agenda and policy positions. I will do one final call to see if there are any additional ones from uh council members. I know we had a chance to connect with staff and talk about the IC council member Payne in the queue foreign.

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Thank you, chair, Johnson I have an amendment that I would like to move. uh It is also related to data practices like uh vice president palmisano uh mentioned. There are certain.

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um There are things that are not clear in that in that uh language at state law, and one of the things from my intention is to bring some clarity to uh how we can publicly disclose discipline records, and one of the barriers to that is what is codified, is discipline and not, and so we can only right now share discipline records once a discipline has been assigned, but if there's been an investigation that has sustained the complaint, that is not public data in our current law.

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So uh my motion is to support amending Minnesota data, Practices Act, section 13.43 sub section 2 to extend the definition of status of complaint against a peace officer to include whether or not the complaint was sustained. So I think what is relevant to the public about police conduct is whether or not a complaint was investigated and there was Merit to uh that investigation and that there was a due process that found that uh whatever that conduct was, it was investigated and sustained.

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I think that should be of public record, not just how we follow up with that that determination of a sustained complaint with discipline. So it's just adding that layer of clarity.

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Thank you councilmember Payne, so we have a motion. Is there a second all right and there's a second any discussion from council members on this I guess I would just since this wasn't included in our packet I guess I would just ask our igr staff if they've had a chance to review and what their recommendation is.

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On some members, um we have had a chance to review uh this this item and we did provide some technical assistance on language just to have it fit within the structure of the legislative agenda. We have not had an opportunity to vet this with all the city departments that may be interested in it, um so we don't igr staff, don't have a recommendation one way or another at this time on this one specifically just because we didn't have the time to do that vetting, but we did provide some technical assistance on the language. Thank.

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You appreciate that director any additional discussion from Council Members or questions not seeing any nope council president Jenkins.

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Thank you, chair Johnson, and this question is for the author, uh councilman Payne.

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The complaint is violent, but then whether or not it has been sustained May I mean there's a lag in time. So.

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Would you would we not report the complaint until the determination is made? How are you seeing this working so.

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Current statute allows uh to publicly share the existence and status of any complaint, but that has a very narrow definition, as established by case law and meeting with the city attorney that that status is limited to uh essentially open pending and closed. So there there isn't a lot of information. So you don't know the difference between an allegation and a sustained uh complaint, and so I would like us to have some refinement so that once there is a determination that that allegation had Merit and that Merit is sustained through like a due process.

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Investigation process um for we I would like for state law to not restrict the city and how we want to report that kind of data. As of right now, we can only report that a complaint exists or it doesn't exist essentially, or we can report that uh somebody was disciplined, but if there is a stage in that investigation process, where conduct was identified and investigated and found to be of Merit, we can't say that publicly right now.

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Okay, thank you.

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Thank you any additional comments or questions from colleagues, not seeing any all. Those in favor of this motion, please signify by saying aye.

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Opposed say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries I will see if there are any additional motions or amendments to our legislative agenda and policy positions from colleagues going once going twice three times all right. Well, we have this uh amended legislative agenda and policy positions document before us. uh I will go ahead and see if there are any comments or uh discussion on that.

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If not I will just extend my gratitude once again to our igr team, who leads this effort and all the city staff who have brought forward their ideas, and my colleagues as well for all of their ideas on how we continue to update and refine this document. That can be the city's guiding document for our work over at the legislature, in fighting for the residents of Minneapolis and the best interests of our city, and so just really appreciate.

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All of the work that went into this is truly dozens, if not hundreds of hours, of efforts that continue to be put into this living document. I will call on council member.

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Chavez, thank you, chair, Johnson I. Do want to thank our amazing staff for all the work that they did on this and also I'm, not sure if y'all follow the news today, but there's a 17 billion dollar start plus so I just want to make sure people know about the Surplus. That is actually going to help a lot of people here. If we do things right.

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Thank you, councilmember Chavez, any other comments or questions on this, not seeing any all those in favor of this amended legislative agenda, please signify by saying I I was supposed to say, nay, any abstentions. That motion carries and before we adjourn I'm going to call in councilman rainbow.

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Thank you, Mr chair I'm, just wondering if you could give us a brief update, Katie on how you approached the Minneapolis delegation with this information. What what is the process? So uh the public understands how we work in cooperation with our Senators and representatives.

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um Sure sure Johnson councilman Greenville, um we will be sharing the written document with them once it's updated, uh you know sending that directly to them, but we also have a delegation meeting um that we're working to get scheduled in uh like next week or two here, um so that we can formally meet with them share with them what's on the agenda and then also hear from them what their priorities are.

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As you're aware, we have a number of Minneapolis delegation members in chair seats and in leadership positions um coming into the legislative session, so we want to be sure we're collaborating on what their priorities are, where they match with the cities so that we can move forward together. So we will be meeting with them in the coming weeks and then, of course, as session gets going meeting with them on a regular basis. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank.

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You director and seeing no further business before this committee I'll declare this meeting adjourned. Thank you.